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Luobusaite Mineral Data
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General Luobusaite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Fe0.83Si2 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 102.52 gm |
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Iron 45.21 % Fe |
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Silicon 54.79 % Si |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Fe2+0.83Si2 |
| Environment: |
Recovered from a crushed and sieved fraction from a podiform chromitite in ophiolite. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) |
| Locality: |
Luobusa mine, Indus-Yarlung Zangbo suture zone, Qusong County, Tibet Autonomous Region, People�s Republic of China. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for the locality. |
| Synonym: |
IMA2005-052a |
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